sur-2, a novel gene, functions late in the let-60 ras-mediated signaling pathway during Caenorhabditis elegans vulval induction

Genes and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 18, 1995, Pages 2251-2265

  Singh, Natasha ^a   Han, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; ras; signal transduction; sur 2; vulval development

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SUR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HERMAPHRODITISM; LARVA; LETHAL MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR GENE; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0029160169     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.9.18.2251     Document Type: Article

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